2010 TAA Conference on Text and Academic Authoring
Ramada Mall of America Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 24-26, 2010
Conference News
- TAA Headquarters staff will be away June 24-27
- Early TAA Conference registrants will receive two free books
- TAA Conference session previewed on Beyond the Book
- Pearson sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
- Brooks/Cole, Delmar Cengage Learning sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference Hospitality Hour
- Professor Destressor sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
- Salkind Literary Agency sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- New TAA Conference Roundtable Discussion: 'Service Learning Through Applied Projects'
- Meryln's Pen sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- Register for the 2009 TAA Conference early and receive two free books
- Teaching Point is sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- New Forums Press sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- Copyright Clearance Center sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- Content Connections is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
- Flat World Knowledge is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
- 2010 TAA Conference in Minneapolis, MN
- 2009 TAA Conference registration is now open
- Atlantic Path Publishing sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- Lennie Literary & Author's Attorneys sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- Universal-Publishers sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
- Deadline for 2009 TAA Conference proposals Nov. 15
- 2009 TAA Conference to feature three workshops
TAA Headquarters staff will be away June 24-27
TAA Headquarters staff will be away at the 2009 TAA Conference in San Antonio, Wednesday, June 24 to Sunday, June 27. If you need to reach someone during that time please email TAA Associate Executive Director Kim Pawlak at kim.pawlak@taaonline.net or call (507) 459-1363.
Early TAA Conference registrants will receive two free books
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The first 30 conference registrants will receive a copy of Robert Boice's Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing (read review) donated by the publisher, New Forums Press, and Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials by Franklin H. Silverman, donated by the publisher, Atlantic Path Publishing, at the 2009 TAA Conference in San Antonio in June. If you would like to know if you were one of the first 30 conference registrants, email kim.pawlak@taaonline.net
TAA Conference session previewed on Beyond the Book
The 2009 TAA Conference session, "Time Management: Why You Don't Need It, Can't Do It Anyway — and What To Do Instead" by Susan Robison, a psychologist and professor of psychology at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, was featured in a Beyond the Book podcast: Click here for podcast
The 2009 TAA Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas, June 25-27 at the El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel: Register here
Pearson sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
Pearson, Computer Science is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference in San Antonio, TX, June 25-27. Pearson is committed to the discipline of computer science and its partnerships with leading authors in the field that provide faculty and students with the materials they need to succeed. More info: Visit Pearson, Computer Science web site
Brooks/Cole, Delmar Cengage Learning and Pearson Higher Education sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference Hospitality Hour
Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, Delmar, Cengage Learning, and Pearson Higher Education are sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference Networking Hospitality Hour. The Hospitality Hour is held each night of the conference and allows attendees to network between the end of sessions for the day and dinner. It is held in a special suite at the hotel. The 2009 TAA Conference will be held in San Antonio, TX June 25-27 at the El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel. Delmar is the leader in skills based solutions for educational institutions, businesses and professionals. Brooks/Cole has a 40-year tradition of innovative publishing in 17 disciplines, including mathematics, meteorology, life science, and engineering.
More info: Visit Cengage web site
More info: Visit Pearson web site
Professor Destressor sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
Professor Destressor provides coaching services to individuals and organizations to help them deal with work-life balance and leadership issues. Susan Robinson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, coach, consultant, and speaker with more than 30 years experience whose deepest satisfaction is inspiring and educating professionals, business owners, and executives who want to create lives of success and significance. Robison will be presenting a session on time management, "Time Management: Why You Don't Need It, Can't Do it Anyway — and What To Do Instead" (click for info), at the 2009 TAA Conference in San Antonio, June 26. She will also be moderating a Roundtable Discussion on this topic (click for info). Visit the Professor Destressor website: Click here
Salkind Literary Agency sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
The Salkind Literary Agency is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. As a division of Studio B. Productions, Inc., the Salkind Literary Agency, headed by bestselling author and noted literary agent, Neil J. Salkind, works with general non-fiction trade and textbook authors. The staff of Salkind Literary Agency has extensive experience running imprints for major trade and textbook publishers, and Neil has personally written over 100 books including the best-selling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. The agency has placed over 4,500 books with virtually every trade publisher, and is experienced in putting together large and complicated transactions. Visit the Salkind Literary Agency website and thank them for supporting your association: Click here
New TAA Conference Roundtable Discussion: 'Service Learning Through Applied Projects'
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Nancy Volkman, associate professor in the department of landscape architecture and urban planning at Texas A&M University, College Station, will moderate a Roundtable Discussion at the 2009 TAA Conference (San Antonio, June 25-27) on "Service Learning Through Applied Projects."
During this 30-minute roundtable, Volkman will discuss how to involve groups, particularly students, in active, realistic learning experiences through the use of service learning projects.
"These projects are typically done for not-for-profit groups, small communities, minority groups, and others who could benefit from professional quality research or applied projects but cannot afford them," she said.
Volkman will discuss and illustrate some of the types of projects that her undergraduate and graduate students have worked on over the years in the field of landscape architecture. She will also draw from the experiences of colleagues in the natural sciences, social sciences and planning to cover the variety of service learning that can be done. Strategies for success, challenges, and potential outcomes will also be discussed.
Volkman is a graduate of Beloit College, Beloit, WI and University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. She currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Her principal areas of teaching have focused upon landscape history, cultural landscape studies, design and planning for historical landscapes, and community design. She is widely published, particularly in the area of landscape history, including the leading text and reference in that field, Landscapes in History, co-authored with Phil Pregill, now going into its 3rd edition. Professor Volkman is a member of several honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, and a registered landscape architect in the state of Texas. She is also in her third year as co-editor of ARRIS — The Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.
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Meryln's Pen sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
Merlyn's Pen is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. Merlyn's Pen is a tool for writers and developers of writing and reading assessments and English, reading, literature and ESL/EFL textbooks. Visit the Merlyn's Pen website: Click here
Register for the 2009 TAA Conference early and receive two free books
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The first 30 people to register for the 2009 TAA Conference on Text and Academic Authoring (San Antonio, TX, June 25-27) will receive a copy of Robert Boice's Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing (read review), donated by the publisher, New Forums Press, and Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials by Franklin H. Silverman, donated by the publisher, Atlantic Path Publishing. Register Now
Teaching Point is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
Teaching Point is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. Teaching Point was established to develop comprehensive teacher preparation and instructional support materials written by expert teachers who understand the needs of novice teachers, teachers with new assignments and teachers facing out-of-field assignments — the Expert Systems for Teachers™ Series. Visit the Teaching Point website: Click here
New Forums Press sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
New Forums Press, Inc. is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference with a donation of 31 copies of Robert Boice's Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing. New Forums Press, Inc. publishes and distributes information packages relevant to staff, program and organization development issues in higher education, as well as histories of general interest, primarily in the form of books, journals and newsletters. They also provide personalized publishing services to a variety of organizations and individuals. Visit the New Forums Press, Inc. website: Click here
Copyright Clearance Center sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is sponsoring the Roundtable Discussion Luncheon at the 2009 TAA Conference. CCC creates innovative licensing solutions for the seamless sharing of knowledge. Its "BeyondTheBookCast" (beyondthebookcast.com) is a free podcast produced by Beyond the Book, the educational program of the not-for-profit Copyright Clearance Center. Learn more about CCC at www.copyright.com
Content Connections is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
Content Connections is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. Content Connections is a technology-based publishing services company with a social media-infused process helps publishers, authors and creators of any kind of content make powerful connections with their audience. Visit the Content Connections website: Click here
Flat World Knowledge is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference
Flat World Knowledge is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. Flat World Knowledge's open college textbooks are written by leading experts, and are peer- reviewed, edited, and highly developed. Visit the Flat World Knowledge website: Click here
2010 TAA Conference in Minneapolis, MN
The 2010 TAA Conference on Text and Academic Authoring will be held in Minneapolis, MN at the Ramada Mall of America, June 24-26. Save the date!
2009 TAA Conference registration is now open
Registration is now open for the 2009 TAA Conference on Text and Academic Authoring, which will be held in San Antonio, Texas, June 25-27 at the El Tropicano Hotel: Register Now
Atlantic Path Publishing sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
Atlantic Path Publishing is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference with an in-kind donation of 64 copies of Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials by Franklin H. Silverman. Silverman is a past-president of TAA. Atlantic Path Publishing publishes professional reference books for authors, editors, educators, and publishers on writing, editing, and publishing. Visit Atlantic Path Publishing website and thank them for supporting authors.
Atlantic Path Publishing sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
Atlantic Path Publishing is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference with an in-kind donation of 64 copies of Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials by Franklin H. Silverman. Silverman is a past-president of TAA. Atlantic Path Publishing publishes professional reference books for authors, editors, educators, and publishers on writing, editing, and publishing. Visit Atlantic Path Publishing website and thank them for supporting authors.
Lennie Literary & Author's Attorneys sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
Lennie Literary & Author's Attorneys is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. Attorney and literary agent Michael Lennie's expertise with regard to publishing practices, contract negotiations, licensing, and author/publisher relations provides a unique advantage representing authors as both a literary agent and an attorney. His literary agency and law offices represent fiction, nonfiction and textbook authors in a variety of genres. Visit Lennie Literary & Author's Attorneys website and thank them for supporting authors.
Universal-Publishers sponsoring 2009 TAA Conference
Universal-Publishers is sponsoring the 2009 TAA Conference at the $200 level. Universal-Publishers publishes how-to, scientific, technical, academic, and other specialized non-fiction titles. Visit Universal-Publishers' website and thank them for supporting authors.
Deadline for 2009 TAA Conference proposals Nov. 15
The 2009 TAA Conference is taking shape and only a few slots for full sessions remain. Needed are topics and moderators for 30-minute Roundtable Discussions; a presenter who can join a panel on the Business of Authoring and speak about tax issues for authors; textbook publishing representatives (editors, acquisition editors, sales reps, marketing directors, etc.) and academic publishing representatives (small academic book press publishers, journal editors, acquisition editors, etc.) to serve on an author-publisher Q&A panel; and a presenter that can give an orientation to the textbook publishing industry. Submit a proposal
2009 TAA Conference to feature three workshops
The 2009 TAA Conference on Text and Academic Authoring in San Antonio, TX, June 25-27, 2009, will feature three workshops on Thursday, June 25.
"Textbook Writing 101" will be presented by Michael D. Spiegler, professor of psychology at Providence College. This six-hour workshop is an expanded version of the one offered at the 2008 Conference. It is designed for both those who want to learn how to write their first textbook and those who have written a textbook and want to learn how to write their next textbook or revision more efficiently and effectively. It will provide attendees with the nuts-and-bolts of how to write a prospectus and sample chapters, how to contact publishers, and how to negotiate a favorable contract. Participants will learn the basics of the writing, revising, and production phases and get advice on how to deal with publishers, alternatives to traditional publishing, and survival skills for authors.
Award-winning scholar and editor Dr. Robert Ginsberg will present a two-part workshop, "Cut the Crap! How to Develop the Art of Academic Writing" and "How to Get Published by Scholarly Journals: Confessions of an Editor." The workshops will include hands-on participation, show-and-tell activity, behind-the-scenes reporting, roundtable editing, and question-and-answer sessions. Participants may take one or both of the two-hour workshops. "Cut the Crap!" will cover the principles of good style: clarity, simplicity, directness; recognizing bad style in the writing of others; recognizing bad style in your writing; editing yourself to become an effective writer; unclogging your reference system; eliminating junk phrasing; activating your active voice; and learning to love the comma. "How to Get Published by Scholarly Journals" will cover the special function of periodicals in the academic world; finding journals appropriate for your work; the formats of journal publishing: articles, reports, book reviews, letters, special issues; the discipline of writing for periodicals: house style, revision, length limits, deadlines, final copy, abstract, offprints.
The third six-hour workshop, which is still in development, is tentatively titled, "How to Write When You're Not a Natural Writer", and will be presented by William Waters, an assistant professor of English at the University of Houston-Downtown.
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